Frequency theory relates to which element of the hearing process? a. The rate at which the basilar membrane vibrates. b. The number of fibers in the auditory nerve. c. The point at which the basilar membrane exhibits the most vibration. d. The decibel level of a sound. e. The number of hair cells in each cochlea.

Signal detection theory is most closely associated with which perception process? a. Vision. b. Sensory adaptation. c. Absolute thresholds. d. Smell. e. Context effects.

What is the purpose of the iris? a. To focus light on the retina. b. To process color. c. To allow light into the eye. d. To enable night vision. e. To detect specific shapes.

Which of the following is the best example of sensory interaction? a. Finding that despite its delicious aroma, a weird-looking meal tastes awful. b. Finding that food tastes bland when you have a bad cold. c. Finding it difficult to maintain your balance when you have an ear infection. d. Finding that the cold pool water doesn't feel so cold after a while. e. Finding that the hot peppers get hotter as you consume more of them.

Which of the following describes a perception process that the Gestalt psychologists would have been interested in? a. Depth perception and how it allows us to survive in the world. b. Why we see an object near us as closer rather than larger. c. How an organized whole is formed out of its component pieces. d. What the smallest units of perception are. e. The similarities between shape constancy and size constancy.

Which of the following phrases accurately describes top-down processing? a. The entry-level data captured by our various sensory systems. b. The effect that our experiences and expectations have on perception. c. Our tendency to scan a visual field from top to bottom. d. Our ability to detect letters of a word before we know what the word is. e. The fact that information is processed by the higher regions of the brain before it reaches the lower brain.

Which of the following represents perceptual constancy? a. We recognize the taste of McDonald's food each time we eat it. b. In photos of people, the people almost always are perceived as figure and everything else as ground. c. We know that the color of a printed page has not changed as it moves from sunlight into shadow. d. From the time they are very young, most people can recognize the smell of a dentist's office. e. The cold water in a lake doesn't seem so cold after you have been swimming in it for a few minutes.

Which of the following phrases accurately describes top-down processing? a. The entry-level data captured by our various sensory systems. b. The effect that our experiences and expectations have on perception. c. Our tendency to scan a visual field from top to bottom. d. Our inclination to follow a predetermined set of steps to process sound. e. The fact that information is processed by the higher regions of the brain before it reaches the lower brain.

Neurons that fire in response to specific edges, lines, angles, and movements are called what? a. Rods. b. Cones. c. Ganglion cells. d. Feature detectors. e. Bipolar cells.

As she looks down the hallway, Elaine is not tricked into thinking that the friend who is closer to her looks larger than the friend who is farther down the hall. Which monocular cue helps her with this understanding? a. Interposition. b. Linear perspective. c. Interposition. d. Relative height. e. Relative size.

When we go to the movies, we see smooth continuous motion rather than a series of still images because of which process? a. The phi phenomenon. b. Perceptual set. c. Stroboscopic movement. d. Relative motion. e. Illusory effect.

When you listen to music, the sound waves cause your _____ to vibrate first. a. cochlea. b. hammer, anvil, and stirrup. c. eardrum. d. oval window. e. auditory nerve.

Which of the following might result from a disruption of your vestibular sense? a. Inability to detect the position of your arm without looking at it. b. Loss of the ability to detect bitter tastes. c. Dizziness and a loss of balance. d. An inability to detect pain. e. Loss of color vision.

After being exposed to loud music for many years, which of the following types of deafness is more likely in a musician? a. Conduction. b. Accommodation. c. Sensorineural. d. Basilar. e. Frequency.